Toy



July l2, 1932. BLACKBURN lspgg'? TOY Filed DSG. l5, 1929 H6. l H6, 3Q

Patented July 12, 1932 UNITED STATES JASPER BLAcxBUmLoF WEBSTER GnovEs,Missounrf TOY" applicati@ mea December 1s, reas. seal No. 41,334.1.v

My invention relates to improvements in toys, and has for its primaryobject a to)7 which is provided with a iexible member so that the samewhen manipulated will rotate in one direction and by reason of theinertia gathered up by its rotation in that direction rewind theflexible member so that it can be readily rotated in an oppositedirection, the toy being so arranged that during its rotation a soundwill be emitted therefrom.

A further object is to construct a toy comosed of two hollow vibratingsounding memgers which are detachably and rigidly secured together inspaced apart osition and with a flexible member located etween thesounding members, the device being so arranged that the sounding memberscan be rotated simultaneously in alternate directions and emit a soundduring said rotation.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is an edge view of my device show` ing the same at rest withparts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the Hexible member rolled up;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In the construction of my device I employ a pair of members 5 and 6,which are pref- 30 erably formed of metal known as bell metal.

The member 5 has secured thereto a stud 7 which is provided with a screwthreaded end 8. The screw threaded end 8 is adapted to be secured in ascrew threaded sleeve 9 carried by the member 6. It will be noted thatthe stud 7 is of larger diameter than the screw threaded portion 8 so asto provide a shoulder 10 against which a disk 11 will contact.

Placed over the screw threaded portion 8 of the stud 7 is a drum 12 towhich is secured one end of a ilexible member 13, this iiexible memberpreferably being a non elastic cord although, if desired, other flexiblemembers may be used.

The drum 12 is loosely mounted on the screw threaded portion 8 andabutting the drum 12 is a disk 14 so that when the members 5and 6 aresecured together the shoulder V10 formed on the stud 7 and the shoulderimparted to the'members and 6 will cause formed by the sleeve 9 willclamp'the disk 11,'the drumsj12, and the disk 14 tightly together andmake a'rigid connection Vso that as the flexible member 13-*is unwoundfrom the drum 12 not only will the drum 12' be rotated but the disks 11and 14, and alsothe members 5 and 6, will be simultaneously ro- Y tated.i "Within themembers 5 and -6 are located members 16 which maybein theforml of '00 spheres as illustrated in the drawing or they maybeprovided with indentations or roughened surfaces. The free end of theflexible member 13 is provided with a ring 17 which can be readilyslipped over avinger ofthe 05'1 operator. j

In operating my toy, it is iirst necessaryy to wind theflexiblemember 13around the drum 12. This is done, of course, after the device has'beenassembled.y The ring 17 is then slipped over thefinger of the operatorand the members 6 and 7 released so that they Y will descend bygravity.- Then just before theendyofthe iiexibl'e memberis reached anupward pullis given on the flexible fmember, which lincreases therotation of the descending member, or members 5 and 6, giving themadditional speed so that when the end of the flexible member is reachedthe momentum them to continue to rotate and wind up the flexible memberon the drum, the amount of winding being predetermined by the speed ofrotation of the members 5 and 6. During this time the spheres or ringingmembers 16 will roll on the inside of the members 5 and 6, placing themin vibration, and causing the device to emit a sound. n

Of course, if desired, the portion composed of the members 5 and 6 andthe carryin parts can be manually projected in any d1- rection so thatthe unwinding of the ilexible member will increase the speed of rotationof the members 5 and 6. f This speed of rotation can also be increasedby the quickness at which a pullin movement is imparted to the iieXiblemem r so that in this way the device can be projected from the hand ofthe operator and return thereto in the same manner as if an elastic hadbeen used mi" .2. l n i 1,866,697

instead of the lexible member 13, it being understood, of course, thatthe flexible member 13 is nonelastic. In this Way I have evolved a toywhich can be readily operated from the hand in a manner similar to areturn ball and which toy, during its manipulation, will emit sounds.This may be either aringing.. sound, vWhichv will-soecur Wherefvibratingmembers are used, or the device may be so m constructed by reason ofslight modiatihs,

as to emit other sounds. v

It Will also be noted from mylconstruetion that the members 16 may betermed as freely 1- floating, in that they are. free to move n anydirection and that the"v disks "11 'and 14'10- t" 'i l.

cated on oppositejsides of the drum -12 keep the Winding of the flexiblemember-13 limit edt-o the drum. lnother Words, themem--v ber 13 whilevvindinghupcannot pass beyond thelimits set by thedisks 11 and let.l v

Y aving fully described my inventionnvhat I ClaimiSr-f- 7;-

A toy of the kind described, Comprising arpair of concavo-convexmembers,an, axle @element projecting inwardly from ea-eh of said members,one ofsaid axle elements beingl detachably eonnectable with the other; tolsecure said ynmembers together in spaced apart position andyvvherebyboth 'of saidzmembers may be rotated together inunison,

a drum carried by one of said aXle elements Within said pair o,members-,apair of substantially parallel disks carried by said axle elements andhaving their periphery spaced"y from 'said conenvo-eonvex members, ailexible member adnptedto suspendsaid toy and secured at one, endtovsaid drum andadapted to be Wound thereon between said disks forimparting a rotary movementl to said memfbers, and means carried by saidpair of members to roll about the inner periphery thereofA to cause lasound Whenthe-toy Iis rotated. In testimony whereof .I have alixedmysign-ature 'd Y A I. A Y u JASPER BLACKBURN.

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